SB-0650, As Passed House, December 18, 2003                                 

SUBSTITUTE FOR

SENATE BILL NO. 650

                                                                             A bill to amend 1978 PA 368, entitled                                             

"Public health code,"                                                       

by amending section 17766c (MCL 333.17766c), as added by 1994 PA            

38.                                                                         

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

1       Sec. 17766c.  (1) A person shall not possess more than  10

2   12 grams of ephedrine or pseudoephedrine alone or in a mixture.             

3       (2) A person who violates this section is guilty of a felony                

4   punishable by imprisonment for not more than 2 years or a fine of           

5   not more than $2,000.00, or both.                                           

6       (3) This section does not apply to any of the following:                    

7       (a) A person who possesses ephedrine or pseudoephedrine

8   pursuant to a license issued by this state or the United States

9   to manufacture, deliver, dispense, possess with intent to                   

10  manufacture or deliver, or possess a controlled substance,                  

Senate Bill No. 650 (S-1) as amended December 18, 2003

1   prescription drug, or other drug.                                           

2       (b) An individual who possesses ephedrine or pseudoephedrine

3   pursuant to a prescription.                                                 

4       (c) A person who possesses ephedrine or pseudoephedrine for                 

5   retail sale pursuant to a license issued  pursuant to under the            

6   general sales tax act,  Act No. 167 of the Public Acts of 1933,             

7   being sections 205.51 to 205.78 of the Michigan Compiled Laws

8   1933 PA 167, MCL 205.51 to 205.78.                                          

9       (d) A person who possesses ephedrine or pseudoephedrine in                  

10  the course of his or her business of selling or transporting                

11  ephedrine or pseudoephedrine to a person described in subdivision           

12  (a) or (c).                                                                 

13      (e) A person who, in the course of his or her business,                     

14  stores ephedrine or pseudoephedrine for sale or distribution to a           

15  person described in subdivision (a), (c), or (d).                           

16  (f) Any product that the state board of pharmacy, upon                      

17  application of a manufacturer, exempts from this section because            

18  the product has been formulated in such a way as to effectively             

19  prevent the conversion of the active ingredient into                        

20  methamphetamine.

21  (g) Possession of any pediatric product primarily intended                  

22  for administration to children under 12 years of age according to           

23  label instructions.

24      Enacting section 1.  This amendatory act takes effect                       

25  [April 1], 2004.